Cavallini’s in the Park owner Norman Elftmann is a natural storyteller.

Artist Edward Smith, of Lockport, shakes hands with Lockport Alderman Darren Deskin at the July 19 Artist Guild of Lockport Trunk Show in the parking lot of Pizzeria At the Point in Lockport. Photos by Tristan Zeier/22nd Century Media.

When most people think of art shows, they might think of crowded galleries with suits, ties, evening dresses and hors d’oeuvres.

A photo from August 1931 (right) of a Texaco storage tank promoting a new oil is compared to a tank on the former Texaco plant’s land, now managed by Chevron. Photo illustration by Nancy Burgan/22nd Century Media